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The chief zymotic diseases caused 5 deaths, viz.:
measles 2, diphtheria 1, whooping cough 1, and
diarrhœa 1.
From diseases of the respiratory system there
were 10 deaths: 3 from bronchitis, 4 from pneumonia,
and 3 from laryngitis.
There was 1 death from phthisis, and 1 from age.
Three deaths were uncertified. All these were
young infants.
Twenty-one notifications of infectious diseases
were received, viz.: of scarlet fever 10, diphtheria
7, erysipelas 3, and enteric fever 1.
July 13 th, 1896.
During the week that ended on the 4th day of
July, 57 births and 15 deaths were registered it the
parish. These numbers indicate an annual birth
rate of 35·0, and an annual rate of mortality of 9·2
per thousand of the estimated population. The
inclusion of 6 deaths which occurred in outlying
institutions raises the death-rate to 12·9. The
death rate in London was 18·3.
The number of deaths of children under 1
year of age was 5, and of persons aged 60 years
and upwards 3.